In the Albuquerque/Rio Rancho area in central New Mexico, the Arid-Lands Hydrologic Model (AHYMO) has been used for more than a decade by land developers, municipalities and flood control agencies to simulate the effect ...

The purpose of fish population studies is to better understand the functional relations between life stages, abundances, and spatial distributions of fish populations in the upper Rio Grande and its tributaries. Taos Field ...

In May 2000, the Cerro Grande fire devastated lands in and around Los Alamos National
Laboratory (LANL) in northern New Mexico and dramatically increased stormwater runoff
from the impacted areas. The purpose of this ...

Riparian areas perform functions which in turn provide economic and environmental benefits. Many of the
riparian areas in the Southwest are in degraded states. There is a need to determine the health of these ecosystems, ...

Beginning in 1979 the New Mexico Landfill accepted municipal waste from neighboring
communities and businesses for 21 years. During that time landfill operators buried as
much as 1.5 million cubic yards of refuse along ...

Perchlorate (ClO4 -) is used as an oxidizer for rocket fuel, fireworks, matches, air
bags, and other mechanisms requiring enhanced explosions. Because perchlorate is
extremely hydrophilic, it leaches into ground water ...

Whereas the demand for safe drinking water increases and the availability of fresh
drinking water decreases, it becomes evermore important for water systems to make
effective use of the drinking water they produce. As ...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the second largest island in the world and one of the most
biologically and culturally diverse nations on the planet. One of the last true stone age people,
they are struggling with the delicate ...

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been detected with increasing frequency in water and fish tissue samples in the Rio Grande Basin above Cochiti Dam (RGBACD), which correlates with the use of improved analytical methods ...

The Town of Buena Vista (Town) has a limited water supply, although Cottonwood Creek runs through the center of Town and the Arkansas River borders the Town to the east. The Town’s water rights portfolio is entirely on ...

In 2004, a study by S.S. Papadopoulos determined that riparian evapotranspiration (ET)
along the Middle Rio Grande (MRG) accounts for 37% of the total water budget in this
stretch of the river. Transferring important ...

This study examined the distribution of uranium in drainages in Cove wash in northeastern Arizona. The dispersion of uranium from reclaimed mine sites on the Navajo Nation is not well studied in soils, sediment, and water. ...

In the recent case of Bounds v. State of New Mexico, the New Mexico Supreme
Court upheld the constitutionality of a statute that allows domestic wells to be
permitted with less oversight than other water rights. The ...

The Upper Rio Grande (URG) groundwater is a compartmental model based on linear reservoir theory and mass conservation. It was developed using Powersim Studio® 2001 and 2003 software to demonstrate dynamic simulation of ...

Lotic ecosystems of the southwestern U.S. can be severely affected by wildfires causing alterations in water chemistry, sedimentation from runoff events, and changes in macro invertebrate community structure. In these same ...

Lotic ecosystems of the southwestern U.S. can be severely affected by wildfires causing
alterations in water chemistry, sedimentation from runoff events, and changes in macroinvertebrate community structure. In these same ...

Livestock grazing can have a profound effect on water quality and vegetation of riparian ecosystems. In this study, the impacts of livestock grazing on surface water quality and vegetation was investigated along Bluewater ...

The State of New Mexico has sustained groundwater degradation from releases of cleaning solvents, considered hazardous waste, from dry cleaner facilities. Definitions of liability require that owners and operators of dry ...

There is a threat to the health of watersheds beyond natural occurrences. This
threat results from human recreational impacts. There are many ways in which watersheds can be managed and protected to better meet human needs ...

The Piedras Marcadas Watershed covers approximately 6 square miles west of the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This watershed is semi-arid and has
arroyos, ephemeral streams that empty into a retaining dam. During ...